Staatstheater Braunschweig

The Staatstheater Braunschweig is a theatre company and opera house in Braunschweig, Germany, presenting and producing music theatre (opera, operetta, musical), Tanztheater, theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences and concerts.

The Staatstheater Braunschweig is owned by the State of Lower Saxony.

History
The earliest incarnation of the Staatstheater Braunschweig was the Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt in Braunschweig, founded in 1690 by Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Theatre works such as Emilia Galotti by Lessing and Goethe's Faust had their first openings in Braunschweig.

Intendants

 * 1925–29: Ludwig Neubeck
 * 1929–33: Thur Himmighoffen
 * 1933–34: Oskar Walleck
 * 1934–45: Alexander Schum
 * 1945–46: Jost Dahmen
 * 1946–47: Heinrich Voigt
 * 1947–51: Walter Bruno Iltz
 * 1951–61: Hermann Kühn
 * 1961–63: Erich Kriebig
 * 1964–67: Helmuth Matiasek
 * 1967–68: Hermann Kühn
 * 1968–72: Hans Peter Doll
 * 1972–79: Chritoph Groszer
 * 1979–91: Mario Krüger
 * 1991–93: Hans Peter Doll
 * 1993–94: Jürgen Flügge
 * 1995–97: Executive directors: Brigitte Fassbaender, Philippe Auguin, Tatjana Rese
 * 1997–2010: Wolfgang Gropper
 * 2010–2017: Joachim Klement
 * 2017–present: Dagmar Schlingmann